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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1904.

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SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,897, dated September 217, 1904.

Application filed .Tune 3, 1904.

T0 all whom t may cm1/cern:

Be it known that I, MELANCHTHON O. FEL- KER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicora, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to whips, and is in the nature of an improvement upon the construction disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 703,397, granted to me July 1, 1902.

'Ihe present invention has for its object to provide a construction which shall be inexpensive to manufacture and which will produce a strong, neat, and well-balanced whip at a relatively small expense.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features which I will now proceed todescribe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a whip ernbodying my invention in one form, only so much thereof being shown as is necessary to an understanding of the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one side of the tubular metal handle portion before it is applied to the top or remainder of the whip. Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite side of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the same, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line w w of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view taken on the line a' of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inner reinforcing and loading tube detached. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the inner and outer metallic tubes before their application to the whip top or body. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line y y Y of Fig. 7 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 9 is a similar view taken on the line e .e of Fig. 7 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 10 is an' elevation of the partly-constructed whip after the tubular metallic handle portion has been preliminarily united to the reed top or body of the whip; and Fig. 1l is an elevation of the upper' end of the tubular metallic handle, showing the Serial No. 210,961. (No model.)

shape which itassumes after the ferrule has been swaged upon it to unite it to the remainder of the Whip.

In my prior Letters Patent No. 703,397, hereinbefore referred to, I have described a whip comprising a body portion of reed, ratan, or the like, having a tube of sheet metal swaged or bent around the butt or handle portion of the body, so as to load the same to give the whip the necessary Weight and balance to cause it to swing properly, the handle being subsequently built up to the necessary size by wrappings of paper or cloth and then covered with the usual plaited covering. In this construction the reed-body extends entirely through the tubular metallic handle portion, providing an extended bearing-surface which the metal tubegrips and on which it is frictionally held in position. The metal portion conforms closely to the inclosed reed, and thus requires the building up referred to in order to bring it to the proper size. While this construction produces a good and satisfactory Whip, it involves expense inA the cost of material and labor, both with respect to the building up to size and with respect to the amount of reed employed, as to both of which features my present invention is amaterial advance, since the building up is done away with and a much shorter reed is employed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l indicates a tubular metallic handle portion, preferably of steel, bent up from a flat blank so as to form a tapering tube. In its initial condition the edges of the steel do not contact, so that there is a slot or opening 2 extending the entire length of the tube on one side thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. O n that side of the tube diametrically opposite the longitudinal slot 2 there is formed at the upper orsmaller end of the tube 1 a longitudinal slot 3, which extends only a relatively short distance from the end of the tube. At the other end of the tube there is also preferably formed a similar slot 4, also lying opposite the slot or opening 2 and extending a short distance from the end of the tube. This tube l forms the handle portion of the whip and is made of a shape and diameter such as to give IOO to said handle portion the desired dimensions when covered by the usual plaited or braided covering hereinafter referred to. In order to strengthen said handle portion and to give it a desirable weight, I prefer to employ in connection with the tube 1 an inner tube 5 of somewhat less length, also formed from a flat metal blank, preferably of steel, rolled up into the form of a tapering tube, the edges of the blank not meeting in the initial conditionof the tube, thus leaving a slot or opening 6 extending the entire length of said inner tube. This inner tube fits within the outer tube 1, its larger end being preferably iiush with the corresponding end of the outer tube and it being so arranged that the longitudinal slot or opening 6 of the inner tube is diametrically opposite the longitudinal slot or opening2 of the outer tube, as shown more particularly in Figs. 8 and 9. The handle portion of the whip, consisting of the united outer and inner tubes 1 and 5, is next united to the reed or ratan body or top 7 by a preliminary union, as indicated in Fig. 10, by a pinching or swaging down of the extreme upper end of the outer tube 1, as indicated at 8. It will be noted that the reed-body extends into the metal tube only a short distance, just enough to give the parts a proper bearing, one inch being sufficient for this purpose. After this preliminary union of the handle and body the two are covered by the usual plaited or braided covering, (indicated at 9 in Fig. 1,) and, if desired, the metal tube may be covered with a thin covering of paper or other material to prevent the threads from slipping thereon during the covering operation. During this plaiting operation the inner tube supports the outer tube, giving it sufficient rigidity to prevent its buckling during said operation or afterward while the whip is being run through the rolling-machines preparatory to the iinishing operation. The metallic handle and reed-body are finally and permanently united by means of a tubular metallic sleeve or ferrule 10, located at the junction of the two parts and extending partially over the reed-body above the metal handle and partially` over the metal handle and the part of the reed-body inclosed therein. This ferrule is not only swaged down, so as to compress both body and handle, but is also additionally swaged into parts of reduced diameter, (indicated at l1 and 12,) so

. as Ato grip, respectively, the reed-body and site the opening between the edges of the tube, the binding-ferrule would swage only'or chiefly on one side, thereby causing the upper part or body of the whip to assume an angular position to the'handle portion during before described is less expensive than one .I

constructed in accordance with my prior Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to, chieiiy on account of the material saving in the amount of reed employed, which saving amounts to from one-seventh to one-third of the entire amount of reed, according to the character of the whip. It is also less expensive in that it does not require the building up to size by wrappings of paper or the like, set forth in my said prior patent, and at the same time produces a stronger, neater, and betterbalanced whip.

The union produced by the swaged bindingferrule between the body and handle portions of the whip is a iirm and permanent union, not liable tobreak, and effectually preventing endwise separation, at the same time doing away with the necessity of extending the reed entirely through the tubular metallic handle portion in order to effect a satisfactory union of the parts.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise detailsfof construction hereinbefore described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, as the same may obviously be modified without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*- 1. A whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a tapering tubular metallic handle portion into which the reed-body extends for a short distance only, and atubular metallic binding-ferrule extending over and inclo'sing both the reed and metallic portions, and swaged thereon so as to firmly grip and unite the same, substantially as described.

2. A whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a tapering tubular metallic handle portion into which the reed-body extends for a short distance only, a plaited or braided covering, and a tubular metallic binding-ferrule extending over and inclosing both the reed and metallic portions and swaged thereon so as to firmly grip and unite the same, substantially as described.

3. A whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a handle portion comprising a tapering metal tube having a continuous longitudinal slot upon one side and a relatively short longitudinal slot opposite the same at its smaller end, the reed extending a IOO IIO

short distance into said smaller end of the tube, and a tubular metallic binding-ferrule extending over and inclosing both the reed and metallic portions, and swaged thereon so as to firmly grip and unite the same, substantially as described.

4. A Whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a handle portion comprising an outer and an inner tapering metallic tube, the inner tube terminating below the upper end of the outer tube, and the reedbody extending a short distance into the upper end of the outer tube, and a tubular metallic binding-ferrule extending over and inclosing both the reed and the outer tube, and swaged thereon so as to firmly grip and unite the same, substantially as described.

5. A whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a handle portion consisting of an inner and an outer tapering metallic tube, each having a continuous longitudinal slot, said slots being located diametrically opposite each other, the outer tube extending beyond the inner tube at its smaller end and being provided at said smaller end with a relatively short longitudinal slot opposite the continuous longitudinal slot of. said outer tube, the reed-body extending a short distance into the smaller end of the outer tube, and a tubular metallic binding-ferrule extending over and inclosing both the reed and the outer tube, and swaged-thereonso as to firmly grip and unite the same, substantially as described.

6. A Whip comprising a body or top of reed, ratan, or the like, a handle portion consisting of an outer and an inner tapering metallic tube, each Yof said tubes being provided with a continuous longitudinal slot, the slots of said tubes being arranged diametrically opposite each other, the outer tube extending beyond the inner tube at its smaller end and being provided at each end 'with a relatively short longitudinal slot lying opposite the continuous slot of said outer tube, the reed-body extending a short distance into the smaller ferrule extending over and inclosing both the reed and metallic portions, and swaged theren so as to firmly grip and unite the same, and a metallic cap swaged upon the butt-end of the handle portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELANCHTHON O. FELKER. Witnesses:

WALTER JACKSON, J. C. GAIsFoRD.

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